Hanger hook



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Patented Mar. 27, 1923.

UNITED STATES RILEY FORDYCE, OF DXON, ILLINOS.

HANGER HOOK.

Application led April 28, 1922. Serial No. 557,094.

To all whom 'it may concern.'

Be it known that l, RILEY FORDYCE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dixon, in the county of Lee and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Hanger Hook, of which the following is a specification.

rllhis invention relates to a hanger hook, and has for one of its objects the production of a hook which can be easily placed upon the article to be supported in a hanging position.

Aanother object of my invention is to provide a hook of the above mentioned character, so constructed as to resist accidental opening of the sections comprising my hook.

Another object of the invention is to provide a hoolr of the above mentioned charac-A ter which is inexpensive to manufacture, simple in construction, strong and durable.

@ther objects and advantages of the invention will Vbecome apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which like numerals designate like parts throughout the same.

Figure l is a perspective view of the invention,

Figure 2 is a central longitudinal section of the same,

Figure 3 is a section taken on line 3-3 of Fig. l,

Figure 4 is another View of my hanger hook showing the same in a partially open position.

ln the drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown the preferred embodiment of my invention, thenumerals l and 2 designate two identical members,each of which is formed at the end with oppositely disposed hooks 3 and 4. rlhe members l and 2 are provided with body portions and are pivoted together intermediate their ends by means of a bolt 5.

Each of the said members has a substantially square shaped body portion as clearly shown in the drawings in Figs. l and 4, and the body portions of the hoolr members have one pair of diagonally opposed corners beveled off as at 6 and 7 in the drawings in Fig. 4. The hook members 3 and 4 are oppositely disposed from the body portion at the other diagonal corners of thesame. Suitable screw eyes 8 and 9 are provided whereby the hanger hooks are adapted to engage the same and thereby support the elements which are carried by the screws.

As shown in the drawing in Fig. 4, the hoolr members are caused to be opened by pulling in opposite directions, and after the same has been opened, the screw eyes 8 and 9 are placed into the opening formed by the hoolr members being drawn out of engagement with each other, and after the screw eyes are placed between the hook members. the same are closed so as to cause the hoolr members to be swung back iat upon each other and thereby cause the abruptly square shoulder portions formed on the body portion of the hook members of each section to extend iiush with each other to provide a flat abutment surface to resist accidental opening of the sections. It will readily be seen that by providing a structure such as that of applicants the screw eye after it is placed within the hook portions 3 and 4 will be caused to remain within the same and upon any strain whereby the hanger hooks are adapted to be caused to abut the eye of the supporting member, the screw eye will have a tendency to force itself against the square should-.erl formed on the body portion of the hanger hook, and by having t-he body portions formed square at its inner ends, the screw eye will not have a tendency to force the sections of the hanger hook open, and thereby cause the accidental displacement of the screw eye or hanger hooks.

My hanger may be made of any suitable metal and do not wish to confine myself to any particular method or metal in making the same.

lt is to be understood, that they form of my invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same, and such changes in the shape, size and' arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention and the scope of the Subjoined claim.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim is As a new article of manufacture, a hanger hook comprising a pair of flat companion sections having plain inner and outer faces and each including a square flat body portion and oppositely extending hook-shaped portions extending outwardly from the opposite ends of the body portion in alignment with the opposite side edges thereof, the bills of the hook-shaped portions terminating in abrupt spaces adjacent to the opposite edges of the body portion, the. opposite diagonal corners of the body portion adjacent to the terminals of the bills of the hook portions being beveled off to facilitate the v insertion and removal of an eye'member in the hanger hook, and means for pivotally In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

Y RILEY FORDYCE. lVitn'esses U. N. MCKENNEY, JOHN SCHWINN. 

